Detonation (from Latin detonare 'to thunder down/forth') is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium...
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Explosive velocity, also known as detonation velocity or velocity of detonation (VoD), is the velocity at which the shock wave front travels through a...
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A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure gain combustion, where one or more detonations continuously travel around an annular channel...
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compilation of published detonation velocities for various high explosive compounds. Detonation velocity is the speed with which the detonation shock wave travels...
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Staged detonation is an overall principle used for many explosive devices. A general description of the principle is that one explosive compound with one...
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Engine knocking (redirect from Detonation internal combustion engine)
In spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the...
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A pulse detonation engine (PDE) is a type of propulsion system that uses detonation waves to combust the fuel and oxidizer mixture. The engine is pulsed...
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Look up detonation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Detonation is a process of combustion in which a supersonic shock wave propagates through a body...
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Explosive (section Detonation)
its own detonation wave. The procedure involves the detonation of a series of charges of different diameters until difficulty in detonation wave propagation...
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Detonation nanodiamond (DND), also known as ultradispersed diamond (UDD), is diamond that originates from a detonation. When an oxygen-deficient explosive...
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